Fontana will enforce the strictest warehouse development standards in California due to an April 17 settlement between the city, Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Sierra Club.
Bonta sued Fontana July 23, alleging the city approved a 205,000 square-foot warehouse project next to two high schools in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act. The Sierra Club filed their own separate lawsuit Aug. 12.
The settlement resolves both cases.
Under the settlement, Fontana will tighten its municipal code to require more from warehouse construction, which the warehouse project also has to follow.
“South Fontana residents shouldn’t have to choose between economic opportunity and clean air. They